diff --git a/arch-linux-update-and-restart.service b/arch-linux-update-and-restart.service
index 2b84811..20b62f6 100644
--- a/arch-linux-update-and-restart.service
+++ b/arch-linux-update-and-restart.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ After=network.target
 User=build
 Type=oneshot
 IgnoreSIGPIPE=no
+ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'sudo arch-nspawn /var/cache/paru/chroot/root pacman -Syu --noconfirm'
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/paru -Syu --noconfirm
 ExecStartPost=/bin/bash -c 'sudo /usr/local/bin/arch-needs-restart | grep -Piq '"'"'# [^:]+: reboot required'"'"' && sudo reboot || true'